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SID: Karen Madsen (605) 274-4335
Fax: (605) 274-5298
E-mail: madsen@cars.augie.edu
Web Site: www.augie.edu/athletics

October 12, 2000

AUGUSTANA SOCCER

THE VIKINGS (4-9, 3-2 NCC) are on the road this weekend for a pair of North Central Conference matches.

Augie visits Fargo, N.D., on Saturday, October 14, for an 11:00 a.m. match with North Dakota State University (8-5, 4-1).

The Vikings will be in Grand Forks, N.D., on Sunday, October 15, to play the University of North Dakota (8-4, 3-2) at 1:00 p.m.

AUGUSTANA was shut out twice last weekend in suffering its first North Central Conference losses.

The University of Nebraska-Omaha scored with 53 seconds elapsed in the match and downed the Vikings 15-0 in the cold and wind at Yankton Trails on Saturday. Eleven different players scored for the Mavericks. UNO had 23 shots on goal to none for Augie.

The University of Nortrhern Colorado blanked Augie 11-0 on Sunday, October 8, at Yankton Trails. The Bears had 28 shots on goal to none for the Vikings.

VIKING HEAD COACH Shelly Nelson graduated from Augustana in 1980. Nelson coached track, volleyball, girls basketball, and boys basketball at the School for Deaf in Sioux Falls between 1978 and 1982. She has been involved in the Sioux Falls Soccer Association and has been a coach and manager in the Great Plains Soccer Association.

THE SCHEDULE:

VIKING ROSTER

NCC PRESEACON COACHES POLL

  1. Northern Colorado 95
  2. North Dakota State 87
  3. Nebraska-Omaha 80
  4. Minnesota State, Mankato 74
  5. Saint Cloud State 57
  6. North Dakota 47
  7. South Dakota 46
  8. South Dakota State 32
  9. Morningside 19
  10. AUGUSTANA 13

AUGUSTANA QUICK FACTS
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Founded: 1860
Enrollment: 1800
President: Bruce Halverson
Athletic Director: Bill Gross
SID: Karen Madsen
Nickname: Vikings
School Colors: Navy and Yellow
Home Field: Yankton Trails
Conference: North Central
Affiliation: NCAA Division II


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